Tickets on sale for Market Watch 2009

FORT MYERS - Re-designed to benefit residential and commercial real estate professionals as well as individual buyers and sellers, The News-Press Market Watch 2009 will provide a program filled with important facts, market statistics, analysis and predictions delivered by industry experts Denny Grimes, president of Denny Grimes & Company, and Stan Stouder, a founding partner with CB Richard Ellis Fort Myers-Naples.

The earlier, non-dinner format comes at less than half the price as previous years, and tickets are now on sale at www.MarketWatch2009.com.

The program, scheduled for Feb. 24, will feature industry experts in an all-inclusive overview and forecast of the local economy, complete with new 2008 statistics to aid individuals and Southwest Florida businesses in strategic planning for 2009.

The News-Press Market Watch will take place at the Harborside Event Center in the Fort Myers River District. It will begin with networking at 4 p.m., followed by the presentation from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. No dinner will be served. Registration is available at www.MarketWatch2009.com. Tickets for general non-reserved seating are $30 per person, and up-front reserved tables of eight with priority placement are available for $350. For additional inquiries, please e-mail marketwatch@prioritymarketing.com.

The 2009 News-Press Market Watch event is presented by Barraco and Associates Inc.; Colonial Bank; Eagle Concrete Systems Inc.; McGarvey Development Company; Gulf Coast Printing and Priority Marketing of Southwest Florida.